septenaries

Variant of septenary

septenary definition

sep·te·nary (sep′tə ner′ē, sep ten′ə rē)

adjective

  1. of the number seven
  2. consisting of or forming a group of seven
  3. septennial

Etymology: L septenarius < septem, seven

noun pl. septenaries -·nar′·ies

a group or set of seven, esp. seven years

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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